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dodgy 29-Apr-2005 20:39

lighter wheels
 
ive fitted 749r wheels to my 749, any ideas on suspension adjustment to allow for the lighter wheels .

nathanhu 29-Apr-2005 20:54

iwouldnt do any ,
i rode my 999s last year with a mixture of standard , 999r, and carbon wheels and never changed any adjusment, just use the advantage it gives you......ie
faster acceleration
less resistance to steering input
and the suspention parts have to work less hard for the same effect...



by the way ive been drinking so the above could all be wrong......:lol:

dodgy 29-Apr-2005 21:07

ive been drinking aswell. so it looks good to me, cheers nathanhu

nathanhu 29-Apr-2005 21:44

dodgy,
i fitted a set of light hells to my wifes 748 and it made a real difference to the pick up and turn in speed it felt like the bike had another 10bhp , fitting the old wheels back on the bike felt very sluggish......
in my view changing wheels is expencive but realy worth it more so with the smaller cc bikes.
nat

nathanhu 29-Apr-2005 21:50

upps forgot the pic

dodgy 29-Apr-2005 22:13

nice bike.here is a better pic of mine with the wheels:D

[Edited on 29-4-2005 by dodgy]

khu996 30-Apr-2005 01:13

Bike looks sweet, nice deep red (at least in the photo!!).

How different does it feel to YOU?

dodgy 30-Apr-2005 09:38

thanks khu996.
only had a short ride so far ,steered quicker & felt quicker but i also had new corsa's on . should know more after the ride to cadders

Rooney 30-Apr-2005 10:02

Dodgy you have to ride it to see whats its like mate.I know, calm down calm down, just take it round the block,you will be ok you might get one or two flies on it thats all.
If you wrap a tesco's bag over the front you might not get any and
if you put masking tape on the tyres you shoudn't get any dust on the bike:lol::D:lol::devil::lol:have you calmed down now. Crack a beer and sit down, relax, deep breaths.

sparkin 30-Apr-2005 10:11

No listen,listen,No listen,listen,listen,listen,just listen:lol::lol::lol:

Rooney 30-Apr-2005 10:16

Mate is he really going to ride it or is it just a myth?:D:D:D

sparkin 30-Apr-2005 10:21

I beleive so mate,he`s just got to clean it first...







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third



:lol::lol::lol:;)

Rooney 30-Apr-2005 10:24

:D:D:DBaptism of fire tomorrow mate :D:D

khu996 30-Apr-2005 15:07

So thats why its looks so nice and clean...shame on you mate...get out there! :P

sparkin 30-Apr-2005 16:07

I can safely say that that bike is cleaner than when it left Bologna:o


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